Title Cave temples of Mogao : art and history on the silk road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian

Published Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000

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Description 138 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm Series Conservation and cultural heritage. Contents At the Desert Gateway to China -- The Blazing Beacon -- Lost Treasures of the Silk Road -- The Peerless Caves -- Temples of the Pure Lands -- A Millennium of Murals -- Conserving the Heritage of Mogao -- Monasteries, Monks, and Manuscripts -- The Art Gallery in the Desert Summary "The Mogao cave temples on China's fabled Silk Road constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. Founded by monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, Mogao evolved into a spiritual and artistic mecca renowned throughout China and central Asia. Here, in some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi Desert, was preserved the pageantry of one thousand years - miles of wall paintings, more than two thousand statues, magnificent works on silk and paper, and tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts." "Cave Temples of Mogao tells the fascinating story of this remarkable site and of nearby Dunhuang, desert gateway to China. It also describes the long-term collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and Chinese authorities to preserve the Mogao shrines."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Art, Buddhist - China - Dunhuang Caves Art, Chinese - Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960 Mural painting and decoration, Buddhist - China - Dunhuang Caves Mural painting and decoration, Chinese - China - Dunhuang Caves Dunhuang Caves (China) Heritage sites - China Historic sites - China Notes Includes bibliographical references Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Buddhist art -- China -- Tun-huang Caves Buddhist art -- China -- Dunhuang Caves. Art, Chinese -- Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Buddhist mural painting and decoration -- China -- Dunhuang Caves. Buddhist mural painting and decoration -- China -- Tun-huang Caves Mural painting and decoration, Chinese -- China -- Dunhuang Caves. Mural painting and decoration, Chinese -- China -- Tun-huang Caves Dunhuang Caves (China) Genre/Form Bildband Author Whitfield, Susan, 1960- Agnew, Neville, 1938- LC no. 00044262 ISBN 0892365854 paperback

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